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A case manager with the state's Department of Child Services has sued the department, saying the number of children assigned to her violates the law. The ACLU of Indiana is representing Mary Price, one of more than 1,400 case managers with the department, and legal director Ken...

(WIBC.com photo: Eric Berman) The Indianapolis Zoo says it was an oversensitive circuit breaker which stranded 10 passengers on the zoo's skyline gondola ride last month for an hour-and-a-half. The eight-minute aerial tour of the zoo ground to a halt June 18, the second time in...

Ninth District Congressman Todd Young's announcement he'll run for the Senate creates a second open U.S. House race in Indiana next year. Salem State Senator Erin Houchin says she's considering a bid for Young's seat. She was U.S. Senator Dan Coats' regional director before...

Powerful storms moved through Indiana on Monday, leaving a trail of damage and destruction.Thousands of homes were left without power as high winds dropped trees and power lines across the area. Indianapolis Power & Light and Duke Energy both said they had more than 100...

Indiana could pay a price if the latest deal to end the Greek debt crisis isn't approved. The agreement with the rest of the European Union is more lenient than a deal rejected by referendum. It phases in austerity measures, and dangles the possibility of a $33 billion stimulus...

(WIBC.com file photo: Mike Corbin) The first Richmond Hill explosion trial will go to the jury on Tuesday. Jurors spent a full day Monday listening to closing arguments and jury instructions. Prosecutors maintain Mark Leonard was planning to blow up Monserrate Shirley's house...

Rep. Todd Young (R, IN) (image courtesy of YouTube/Todd Young) Ninth District Congressman Todd Young is promising a "solutions-oriented" campaign for the Senate, and says he'd bring that approach to the job if elected. Young says voters are tired of what he calls the "smashmouth...

Jurors are expected to begin deliberations this week in the Richmond Hill trial. Closing arguments are scheduled Monday morning in South Bend. Mark Leonard, 46 is charged with 53 counts of murder, arson, conspiracy and fraud. He is the accused ringleader of the plot to destroy...

Six weeks after a reboot of the State Board of Education, a detente between board members and state school superintendent Glenda Ritz is holding. Five of the board's 10 appointed members came aboard last month, under a law transferring two board appointments to legislative...